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Engagement in Sport Career Transition Planning Enhances Performance
Journal of Loss and Trauma, 2018Co-Authors: David LavalleeAbstract:Retirement from sport has the potential to be a major loss for professional athletes. Yet, many athletes resist engaging in Career Transition planning programs prior to their retirement. This resea...
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Athletes' Career Transition out of sport: a systematic review
International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 2013Co-Authors: Sunghee Park, David Lavallee, David TodAbstract:The purpose of this study was to provide a systematic review of studies on athletes' Career Transition out of sport from 1968 until the end of 2010. A total of 126 studies were evaluated and reported in three sections: sample characteristics, research designs and correlates of athletes' Career Transition adjustment. Samples ranged from 1 to 1617. Investigators examined a wide range of competitive levels, both genders and various sports. Researchers have used qualitative (44%), quantitative (44%), and mixed-model (12%) designs. Variables correlated to athletes' Career Transition adjustment were categorized into factors related to Career Transition (e.g., self-identity) and available resources during the Career Transition process (e.g., social support). The discussion focuses on the current status of the study area, limitations in its knowledge, suggested practical implications (e.g., providing proactive support) and future research directions (e.g., examining athletes' retirement decision-making process).
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The development of an athlete Career Transition programme: a case study
2012Co-Authors: Sunghee Park, David Lavallee, David TodAbstract:First paragraph: The study of Career Transitions in sport has developed considerably over the past 30 years. As a result, researchers (e.g., Taylor & Ogilvie, 1994) revealed that the quality of athletes’ Career Transition is closely related to their life skills development, identity issues, and pre-Transition planning. In addition, researchers (e.g., Fleuriel & Vincent, 2009) have consistently highlighted the obligation of national governing bodies (NGB) in assisting athletes in Career Transition, because of the delay in athletes’ life skills development and high degree of athletic identity that may be caused by their high commitment to sport performance. However, the development of programmes and the detailed strategies of the psychological interventions have not been widely examined in the study area. Examining the process of athlete support programme development may be useful to understand organizational staff attitudes toward supporting athletes’ Career Transitions. The present study may contribute to study area by identifying organizational staff views on, and attitudes towards, supporting athletes’ Career Transitions and ideas to encourage sport organizations to assist athletes’ subjective well-being both during and after their sport Careers. In addition, the findings from the current study might reveal the gaps and links between academic research findings and practical programmes in assisting athletes’ psychological issues (e.g., athletic identity) during their Career Transition process.
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jumping to the next level a qualitative examination of within Career Transition in adolescent event riders
Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 2008Co-Authors: Beth Pummell, Chris G Harwood, David LavalleeAbstract:Abstract Objective The aim of this study was to examine the perceptions of a within-Career Transition, as experienced by adolescent athletes in the developmental stage of their Careers. Design and method Qualitative interviews were used to examine the perceptions of 10 young event riders who had made a Transition to regional level. Interviews were based on the developmental model [Wylleman, P., & Lavallee, D. (2004). A developmental perspective on Transitions faced by athletes. In Weiss, M. (Ed.), Developmental sport psychology. Morgantown, WV: Fitness Information Technology] and the model of human adaptation to Transition [Schlossberg, N. (1981). A model for analyzing human adaptation. The Counseling Psychologist, 9(2), 2–18]. Data analysis procedures drew upon guidelines from Strauss, A. L., and Corbin, J. [(1998). Basics of qualitative research: Techniques and procedures for developing grounded theory (2nd ed.). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage] and Patton, M. Q. [(2002). Qualitative research and evaluation methods (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage]. Results and conclusion Five categories have been identified (motivation for the Transition, perceptions of the Transition, sources of stress, support for athletic development, post-Transition changes), which follow the process of Transition as experienced by the athletes. Consistent with research, parents and peers were important at this stage, often prompting the motivation to make the Transition, which was facilitated by considerable social support. Riders made considerable sacrifices during these adolescent years, and development in other areas (such as academic and social) was affected by this commitment, suggesting a risk for identity foreclosure at this formative time. Young athletes should be encouraged to develop a rounded identity to minimize the risk of foreclosure and the associated negative effects at retirement. Further within-Career Transition research is needed in order that programs can be designed which facilitate athlete development, mitigate negative influences, and minimize talent loss.
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Career awareness Career planning and Career Transition needs among sports coaches
Journal of Career Development, 2006Co-Authors: David LavalleeAbstract:This study is conducted with 56 recently retired full-time sports coaches to examine the importance of Career awareness, postsport Career planning, and Career Transition needs. Results indicate that the individuals do not have a high level of Career awareness, have done relatively little postsport Career planning during their coaching Careers, and moderately appreciate their Career Transition needs. However, a positive relationship is found between support systems for coaches and Career awareness, Career planning, and Career Transition needs. Results are discussed with regard to Career Transition theory, as well as previous research on Career Transitions among sports coaches and athletes. Recommendations for future research, as well as suggestions for Career counseling practice, are suggested.
Natalia Stambulova - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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injury as a Career Transition experiences of a swedish elite handball player
International journal of sport and exercise psychology, 2016Co-Authors: Andreas Ivarsson, Natalia Stambulova, Urban JohnsonAbstract:This single-subject case study adopted a narrative approach and focused on two objectives: (a) to explore an athlete’s Career development, including the impact of injuries, and (b) to explore that athlete’s injury experiences in detail. The participant was a 26-year-old former elite handball player who had experienced two major anterior cruciate ligament injuries during his Career. To guide the research process from the formulation of its objectives to the interpretation of the participant’s narratives, we followed the narrative-oriented inquiry framework. To collect the participant’s stories, a low-structured interview guide consisting of open questions and requests for information about the participant’s handball Career and injury experiences was used. The holistic content analysis allowed us to conceptualise injuries as Career Transition processes embedded in the athlete’s Career development. Moreover, the participant’s narratives made it possible to identify four phases of injury Transition and the di...
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Theoretical Developments in Career Transition Research: Contributions of European Sport Psychology
Sport and Exercise Psychology Research, 2016Co-Authors: Natalia StambulovaAbstract:Abstract The purpose of this chapter is to review theoretical developments in the area of Career Transition, with a particular focus on contributions of European researchers. In this chapter I cover the development, current status, and future challenges of the European sport psychology discourse on Career Transition, drawing on 25 years’ experience as a Career educator, researcher, and practitioner in both East and West European contexts. The major theoretical developments within this discourse can be summarized as follows: (1) the conception of an athlete as a whole person, (2) the holistic lifespan perspective and relevant frameworks, (3) the athletic Career Transition model, (4) the holistic ecological perspective and relevant frameworks, (5) the assistance in Career Transitions model, and (6) the cultural praxis of athletes’ Careers paradigm. These theoretical contributions are briefly introduced and explained in regard to how they guide athletic Career Transition research and practice in Europe and beyond.
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New trends in Career Transition research : Contribution of the ISSP Projects
2015Co-Authors: Natalia StambulovaAbstract:In this presentation I am going to focus on the role of two ISSP projects in stimulating new trends in Career Transition research in sport psychology. The first was the ISSP Position Stand on Athletes’ Career Development and Transitions (Stambulova, Alfermann, Statler & Cote, 2009). This paper was innovative in a sense that it initiated a dialogue about various cultural discourses in Career Transition research all over the world. The authors emphasized that Career researchers internalize their objectives from the socio-cultural contexts they belong to, and therefore, this context (usually hidden) should become visible, and moreover its constitutive role in the Transition process should be revealed. The second project was the ISSP monograph “Athletes’ Careers across cultures” (Stambulova & Ryba, Eds., 2013) that collected experts’ reviews of national Career/Transition research and Career assistance programs in 19 countries across five continents. The monograph continued the dialogue about various cultural discourses in Career Transition research (see also Stambulova & Ryba, 2014) and introduced a new paradigm termed cultural praxis of athletes’ Careers (Stambulova & Ryba, 2013; 2014). In this paradigm well established approaches in Career Transition research (e.g., the holistic developmental perspective; Wylleman & Lavallee, 2004) were integrated with approaches developed in cultural sport psychology (e.g., cultural positioning of research projects, attention to idiosyncratic Transition pathways). This new paradigm is challenging and still not fully adopted by Transition researchers but it has already stimulated an increased diversity in the Transition research with several recently emerged trends. More specifically, I am going to focus on: (a) studies exploring temporal structures of normative (athletic retirement and the junior-to-senior), and non-normative (injury) Transitions (Ivarsson, Stambulova, & Johnson, in press; Lundell Olsson & Pehrson, 2013; Reints, 2011), (b) contextualized research on dual Career Transitions (Blodgett & Schinke, 2014; Stambulova, Engstrom, Franck, Linner, & Lindahl, 2014) (c) studies on quasi-normative Transitions (i.e., predictable for certain categories of athletes), such as important competitions (e.g., Olympic Games as Career Transitions; Schinke, Stambulova, Trepanier, & Oghene, 2014), Transitions to residential elite performance centers (Poczwardowski, Diehl, O’Neil, Cote, & Haberl, 2013), and cultural Transitions (Agergaard & Ryba, 2014).
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injury as a Career Transition experiences of a swedish elite handball player
14th European Congress of Sport Psychology FEPSAC 2015 Bern Switzerland July 14-19th 2015, 2015Co-Authors: Andreas Ivarsson, Natalia Stambulova, Urban JohnsonAbstract:In the Career literature, an injury is termed as a non-normative Transition (e.g., Stambulova & Wylleman, 2014), and therefore, it is implied that there is a process behind it. But the injury Transition process has never been in focus of the Career researchers in sport psychology, and therefore this study is a pioneering exploration unpacking this process. The study was designed as a single subject case study based on a constructivist narrative approach with the objectives (1) to explore the athlete’s Career development, injuries within the Career and their impact, and (2) to explore in detail the athlete’s injury experiences. The participant was a 26 years old former handball player who had experienced two major ACL-injuries during his Career. To guide the research process from formulation of the research objectives and to interpretation of narratives, the narrative oriented inquiry framework or NOI (Hiles & Cermak, 2008) was followed. Following combination of the holistic-content and the categorical content analyses allowed conceptualizing injuries as Career Transition processes embedded into the athlete’s Career development. Moreover, the participant’s narratives made possible to identify four phases in the injury Transition (i.e., pre-injury, injury and first reactions, diagnosis and treatment, rehabilitation and consequences) with distinct psychological content (e.g., demands, resources, barriers, and coping strategies) relevant to each phase. Based on the results of the study it is possible to anticipate that athletes, sport psychology consultants, coaches, and members of the sport medicine teams might benefit from being aware about specific demands and barriers relevant to the different phases of the injury Transition process. This knowledge can be further used to facilitate development of adequate resources and coping strategies to help injured athletes with rehabilitation process and successful comeback to active sport involvement. © 2015 University of Bern, Institut of Sport Science
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Acculturation as a Transition : Mutual Insights for Career Transition and Acculturation Research in Sport Psychology
2013Co-Authors: Natalia StambulovaAbstract:Acculturation as a Transition : Mutual Insights for Career Transition and Acculturation Research in Sport Psychology
David Tod - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Athletes' Career Transition out of sport: a systematic review
International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 2013Co-Authors: Sunghee Park, David Lavallee, David TodAbstract:The purpose of this study was to provide a systematic review of studies on athletes' Career Transition out of sport from 1968 until the end of 2010. A total of 126 studies were evaluated and reported in three sections: sample characteristics, research designs and correlates of athletes' Career Transition adjustment. Samples ranged from 1 to 1617. Investigators examined a wide range of competitive levels, both genders and various sports. Researchers have used qualitative (44%), quantitative (44%), and mixed-model (12%) designs. Variables correlated to athletes' Career Transition adjustment were categorized into factors related to Career Transition (e.g., self-identity) and available resources during the Career Transition process (e.g., social support). The discussion focuses on the current status of the study area, limitations in its knowledge, suggested practical implications (e.g., providing proactive support) and future research directions (e.g., examining athletes' retirement decision-making process).
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The development of an athlete Career Transition programme: a case study
2012Co-Authors: Sunghee Park, David Lavallee, David TodAbstract:First paragraph: The study of Career Transitions in sport has developed considerably over the past 30 years. As a result, researchers (e.g., Taylor & Ogilvie, 1994) revealed that the quality of athletes’ Career Transition is closely related to their life skills development, identity issues, and pre-Transition planning. In addition, researchers (e.g., Fleuriel & Vincent, 2009) have consistently highlighted the obligation of national governing bodies (NGB) in assisting athletes in Career Transition, because of the delay in athletes’ life skills development and high degree of athletic identity that may be caused by their high commitment to sport performance. However, the development of programmes and the detailed strategies of the psychological interventions have not been widely examined in the study area. Examining the process of athlete support programme development may be useful to understand organizational staff attitudes toward supporting athletes’ Career Transitions. The present study may contribute to study area by identifying organizational staff views on, and attitudes towards, supporting athletes’ Career Transitions and ideas to encourage sport organizations to assist athletes’ subjective well-being both during and after their sport Careers. In addition, the findings from the current study might reveal the gaps and links between academic research findings and practical programmes in assisting athletes’ psychological issues (e.g., athletic identity) during their Career Transition process.
Mary J. Heppner - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Career Transition Inventory: A Psychometric Evaluation of a French Version (CTI-F)
Journal of Career Assessment, 2008Co-Authors: Anne Fernandez, Evelyne Fouquereau, Mary J. HeppnerAbstract:The Career Transition Inventory (CTI) is a well-known measure for assessing perceptions of psychological resources when adults undergo a Career change. The purpose of this study was to conduct a ps...
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Adults in Involuntary Career Transition: An Analysis of the Relationship Between the Psychological and Career Domains
Journal of Career Assessment, 1998Co-Authors: Mary J. Heppner, Bret E. Fuller, Karen D. MultonAbstract:This investigation examined the relationship between psychological and Career domains in a sample of 371 involuntarily laid off workers in the midwestern United States. The psychological domain was operationalized using the NEO Five Factor Inventory. The Career Transitions Inventory was used to examine internal psychological resources which adults may assess when making a Career Transition. A latent variable model was developed between the two sets of constructs to explore the possible direct relationships between these sets. The results indicated that neuroticism and openness to experience explained a significant amount of variance in the Career Transition variables. Self-efficacy was found to be predicted by four of the five personality factors. Implications concerning the importance of assessing underlying personality traits as well as more specific Career constructs are discussed. In addition, the implications of these data for the greater integration of the psychological and Career domains within our...
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The Career Transitions Inventory: Measuring Internal Resources in Adulthood:
Journal of Career Assessment, 1998Co-Authors: Mary J. HeppnerAbstract:The purpose of this article is to describe the development and application of the Career Transition Inventory (CTI; Heppner, 1991). The CTI is designed to assess psychological resources, or conversely barriers, that adults may experience during a Career Transition. This article discusses the CTI scale construction, including its theoretical base, factor analysis, reliability, and validity estimates. In addition, information is provided on how to interpret the various scales to adults in Career Transition.
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Assessing Psychological Resources during Career Change: Development of the Career Transitions Inventory.
Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1994Co-Authors: Mary J. Heppner, Karen D. Multon, Joseph A. JohnstonAbstract:Abstract This article reports on the development and validation of the Career Transitions Inventory (CTI), a new 40-item multidimensional measure of Career change adjustment, which was designed to measure perceptions of psychological resources operating when adults pursue a Career Transition. Items for the instrument were developed on theoretical grounds. The initial sample consisted of 300 adults who were in Career Transition. A principle components factor analysis followed by a varimax rotation revealed five factors: (a) readiness, (b) confidence, (c) perceived support, (d) control, and (e) decision independence. Results of two additional samples to establish validity and reliability estimates revealed that the CTI is an instrument with good internal consistency, accounts for a sufficiently high proportion of the overall variance, and has moderately high stability over time. Investigations of construct validity appear promising. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.
Li-chung Chang - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Disruptive technologies and Career Transition strategies of middle-skilled workers
Career Development International, 2019Co-Authors: Quan Chen, Jing-an Wang, Junhua Sun, Li-chung ChangAbstract:Disruptive technologies often disrupt the Careers of middle-skilled workers. The purpose of this paper is to investigate Career Transition strategies of middle-skilled workers that partially continue or expand their Careers under the condition of disruptive technologies.,This paper established a conceptual framework of Career Transition strategies for middle-skilled workers by integrating the existing studies of disruptive technologies, technological trajectory Transition, boundaryless and protean Careers, and Careers as repositories of knowledge.,The authors proposed three types of Career Transition strategies to partially prolong middle-skilled workers’ Careers, namely, industry-oriented Transition strategy which refers to a transfer to other occupations in the original industry, technology-oriented Transition strategy which refers to a transfer to occupations with original technical skills in other industries, and comprehensive Transition strategy which refers to a transfer to other occupations in the related industries. Further, this paper discusses the external conditions and individual competencies for each Career Transition strategy, and timing for implementing a Career Transition strategy from the perspective of the technology life cycle.,This paper focused on sustainable Careers of middle-skilled workers under the condition of disruptive technologies, which received very little attention from the current literature. The findings also suggested for middle-skilled workers to develop a sustainable or long-term Career in the current era of many disruptive technologies. The findings may also imply on how firms and government should contribute to help workers on handling scenarios of technological disruption.